How To Install csvkit on Debian 10

Learn how to install csvkit on Debian 10 with this tutorial. csvkit is command-line tools for working with CSV

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install csvkit on Debian 10.

What is csvkit

csvkit is:

csvkit is a suite of command-line tools for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.

It is inspired by pdftk, gdal and the original csvcut tool by Joe Germuska and Aaron Bycoffe.

If you need to do more complex data analysis than csvkit can handle, use agate.

This package provides the command-line tools.

There are three methods to install csvkit on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install csvkit Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install csvkit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install csvkit

Install csvkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install csvkit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install csvkit

Install csvkit Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install csvkit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install csvkit

How To Uninstall csvkit on Debian 10

To uninstall only the csvkit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove csvkit

Uninstall csvkit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall csvkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove csvkit

Remove csvkit Configurations and Data

To remove csvkit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge csvkit

Remove csvkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove csvkit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge csvkit

Dependencies

csvkit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install csvkit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.